Posted on Nov 6, 2015
When are you authorized to wear two of the same ribbon?
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When are you authorized to wear two of the same ribbon? I've only seen it one time and it's on the current Sergeant Major of the Army's dress uniform he wears two AAM ribbons.
DA Pam 670-1
Dress Uniform
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I had 27 years in when I retired 7 years ago and I had 10 AAMs. I received most of them in the first three year period because the BC believed that the rank equal a certain award so there were plenty of downgraded ARCOM after each field excercise. It's not uncommon
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I'd like to know if he has orders for all of them. LOL God knows I have 10 or11 , orders for maybe 8, certificates for 6-7 ( not always matching the orders,) 7-8 medals, and my my DD214 says 5th oak leaf cluster LOL. I stopped putting them on my ribbon at 1 silver 2 bronze because I got tired of replacing the ribbon.
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In the Soviet Army? ;)
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I have 10 AAM'S as well I also wear two ribbons. You have to wear what the regulation states.
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When you been awarded 10 AAMs seen a few times when I was in
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SPC Christopher Perrien
Wouldn't laugh at it. That ribbon also makes someone a veteran, having gone through basic and AIT, so it says something about a soldier who has made it that far,at least.
Second most valuable award next to "Honorable Discharge" LOL.
Second most valuable award next to "Honorable Discharge" LOL.
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And the Navy wouldn't see it until the fifteenth award. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5/16_inch_star
5/16 inch star - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A 516 Inch Star is a miniature gold or silver 516 inch star that is authorized by the United States Armed Forces as a ribbon device for a specific set of decorations of the Department of the Navy, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to denote subsequest decorations.[1][2][3][4] A gold star represents one additional award, while a silver star is worn in lieu of five gold stars.
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CPO (Join to see)
There's not enough space on one ribbon to accommodate i silver star and 4 gold stars. I can't find it in the instruction to wear a secondary ribbon either.
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The SMA is wrong. He would newd more than 21 awards to wear 2 of he same ribbon. An AAM with 4 silver oak leafs is 21 awards
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SSG (Join to see)
SGT (Join to see) SMA is correct remember that the ribbon its self is equal to 1 award.
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The answer should be never! A bronze oak leaf cluster is for a single subsequent award. Once you receive your sixth award, the oak leaf cluster is changed to a single silver oak leaf cluster. Once the eleventh award is reached, it would have two silver oak leaf clusters, the sixteenth award would have 3 silver, and the twenty-first would have 4 silver oak leaf clusters.
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Maj (Join to see)
It seems unfathomable to us, because I can't think of any Marine with 10 of the same award
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SSG (Join to see)
There is no way to represent 10 awards of the AAM without using 5 oak leaves, and regulations prohibit having 5 appurtenances on one ribbon. The same reg directs wearing a second ribbon to indicate that fifth widget. If he was to get an 11th award, he would go back to one ribbon, because it wouldn't need five leaves to accurately display his awards anymore.
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